For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

One day, you’re sitting in your living room watching TV or reading a book, and suddenly see something out of the corner of your eye. It was tiny, dark-colored, and fast, but you didn’t get a good look ...

Termites and ants may appear similar, and in some respects, they are. But there are very important differences. This guide will help you distinguish termites from ants, so you know what kind of bugs ...

Termite damage is due to insects, while wood rot is caused by fungus or water. Knowing the difference between termite damage and wood rot is vital to preventing and treating them. It's easy to confuse ...

"Termites do extensively more damage. Carpenter ants are usually localized and do not really like dry wood. They like the moist wood. So let's say you have a leak around a window that's got some bad ...

Scientists are now revealing the agricultural expertise that other species have cultivated for tens of millions of years Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent A new book, coedited by Smithsonian ...

60’S DESPITE CLOUDS. LET’S HEAD TO "GROW IT GREEN." RAY: WELCOME TO "GROW IT GREEN. " THIS LOOKS LIKE A NORMAL BEAM, UNTIL YOU SEE SOMETHING MISSING FROM INSIDE. YOUR TO EXPLAIN WHAT CAUSED THIS AND ...

Termites and ants are mortal enemies, their predator-prey relationship dating back into the Miocene. Both armies, if they come into contact, will fight to the death. Yet termites, despite being ...

A widely circulated video shows two separate insect lines, one composed of ants and the other termites, in what is said to be a defensive “stand-off.” A caption accompanying the video claims that a ...

Shortly after Donald Dickson built a home on the five acres he owns in Gainesville, Fla., he faced a problem all too familiar to him. Within a year, termites invaded the wooden door leading to Dickson ...